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Re: Star Finder Software
From: Stan K
Date: 2002 Feb 4, 19:31 EST
From: Stan K
Date: 2002 Feb 4, 19:31 EST
Chuck: Try the attached file. I wrote it for USPS navigation classes, so it probably has more than you need. It is a DOS program. It also does solar phenomena to help you determine when you want to do the star finding. Operation should be self-explanatory. It was originally written for a Commodore 64, so it is not very elegant, but it works well enough. (The thing about having the volume up is left over from the C64, where you could go get a cup of coffee and the beep would tell you when it was done calculating.) Coincidentally, just yesterday I received an e-mail from someone who found a bug in the program, but he was using an older version, so the bug may have been exterminated. In any case, if you discover any bugs or have any questions, let me know. Stan Klein
File: 005456.navpln31.exe
